Hi all. I was wondering if someone can point me in the direct of a simple script that I can use to make a nightly DVD backup of our data. Currently our data is about 4gb and fits onto one dvd. I have been manually backing up the data to another linux box but I would also like to make a nightly DVD-RW that rewrites the DVD which we can then store. We plan to store about 7 days worth of data and will reuse the DVDs. The data is stored in the /data directory of our OpenSuSE server. I have created a /backup directory and I plan to implement nightly tarballs of the data. If I have one file like: /backup/2/data.tar.gz - what command should I use to copy it to the DVD drive? Thanks in advance and regards from Denmark, Dan
DanTheMan wrote:
Hi all.
I was wondering if someone can point me in the direct of a simple script that I can use to make a nightly DVD backup of our data.
Currently our data is about 4gb and fits onto one dvd.
I have been manually backing up the data to another linux box but I would also like to make a nightly DVD-RW that rewrites the DVD which we can then store. We plan to store about 7 days worth of data and will reuse the DVDs. I can't tell you how to do the script but I can give you some advice - don't use rewitable DVDs. For backups you should use DVD-Rs to give yourself a better chance of actually being able to read the data back when you need it.
Alan
DanTheMan wrote:
Hi all.
I was wondering if someone can point me in the direct of a simple script that I can use to make a nightly DVD backup of our data.
Currently our data is about 4gb and fits onto one dvd.
I have been manually backing up the data to another linux box but I would also like to make a nightly DVD-RW that rewrites the DVD which we can then store. We plan to store about 7 days worth of data and will reuse the DVDs.
The data is stored in the /data directory of our OpenSuSE server.
I have created a /backup directory and I plan to implement nightly tarballs of the data.
If I have one file like: /backup/2/data.tar.gz - what command should I use to copy it to the DVD drive?
Thanks in advance and regards from Denmark,
Dan
Just put your tarballs directly onto the DVD. tar cvf - -C /files/to/save | growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/proc/self/fd/0 to restore it tar -xvf /dev/dvd Mark
Alan Milnes wrote:
DanTheMan wrote:
Hi all.
I was wondering if someone can point me in the direct of a simple script that I can use to make a nightly DVD backup of our data.
Currently our data is about 4gb and fits onto one dvd.
I have been manually backing up the data to another linux box but I would also like to make a nightly DVD-RW that rewrites the DVD which we can then store. We plan to store about 7 days worth of data and will reuse the DVDs. I can't tell you how to do the script but I can give you some advice - don't use rewitable DVDs. For backups you should use DVD-Rs to give yourself a better chance of actually being able to read the data back when you need it.
Alan
Alan, Is there some disadvantage to DVD+Rs? -- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema.
I almost always use DVD+R discs and so far I have never experienced a
problem with reading those in DVD-readonly players.
2006/3/2, ken
Alan Milnes wrote:
DanTheMan wrote:
Hi all.
I was wondering if someone can point me in the direct of a simple script that I can use to make a nightly DVD backup of our data.
Currently our data is about 4gb and fits onto one dvd.
I have been manually backing up the data to another linux box but I would also like to make a nightly DVD-RW that rewrites the DVD which we can then store. We plan to store about 7 days worth of data and will reuse the DVDs. I can't tell you how to do the script but I can give you some advice - don't use rewitable DVDs. For backups you should use DVD-Rs to give yourself a better chance of actually being able to read the data back when you need it.
Alan
Alan,
Is there some disadvantage to DVD+Rs?
-- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema.
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On Thursday 02 March 2006 12:45 pm, ken wrote:
Is there some disadvantage to DVD+Rs?
I think he is talking about R vs RW, not -R vs +R Bryan **************************************** Powered by Mepis Linux 3.3.1 KDE 3.3.2 KMail 1.7.2 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson@earthlink.net ****************************************
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